Waratahs v Blues
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I feel like we could struggle next week against the Crusaders. Our bullying, physical style of play will play into the Crusaders hands as one thing they love to do is roll up the sleeves and graft all day, and they'll come to Eden Park to spoil.
Not convinced by what I'm seeing of the Blues currently.
@African-Monkey said in Waratahs v Blues:
I feel like we could struggle next week against the Crusaders. Our bullying, physical style of play will play into the Crusaders hands as one thing they love to do is roll up the sleeves and graft all day, and they'll come to Eden Park to spoil.
Not convinced by what I'm seeing of the Blues currently.
Get out of town. You'll crush them. They're going zip from 6.
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@African-Monkey said in Waratahs v Blues:
I feel like we could struggle next week against the Crusaders. Our bullying, physical style of play will play into the Crusaders hands as one thing they love to do is roll up the sleeves and graft all day, and they'll come to Eden Park to spoil.
Not convinced by what I'm seeing of the Blues currently.
Get out of town. You'll crush them. They're going zip from 6.
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Ferguson interviewing Tele'a:
Question: What did you think of your own game tonight?
I wish he'd answered: Awesome eh? Obvious MotM performance carrying the team.To think Stan binned Drew for that.
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Still, 3 from 4 I guess....
@African-Monkey said in Waratahs v Blues:
Still, 3 from 4 I guess....
..and haven’t played at Eden Park yet
But the backline isn’t functioning. I guess the backs coach shuffle hasn’t helped. I would be tempted to have a look at Cashmore soon though. Even just from the bench
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@Bones Hmmm as much as I'd like for that to be the case, I'm not convinced so far.
@African-Monkey said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Bones Hmmm as much as I'd like for that to be the case, I'm not convinced so far.
Blues at home against a worse crusaders team than 96? You're not fooling anyone bud.
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@African-Monkey said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Bones Hmmm as much as I'd like for that to be the case, I'm not convinced so far.
Blues at home against a worse crusaders team than 96? You're not fooling anyone bud.
@Bones I also got laughed at for talking up their chances against the Canes, saying it would be 5 points either way, and it was, whilst everyone else was slagging them off from all angles, and the Canes are travelling a lot better than us currently.
We've also won once in our last 18 games against them, and despite our good record, we haven't been great.
It'll be another tough contest, the Cantabs always get up for us no matter the situation.
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@Bones I also got laughed at for talking up their chances against the Canes, saying it would be 5 points either way, and it was, whilst everyone else was slagging them off from all angles, and the Canes are travelling a lot better than us currently.
We've also won once in our last 18 games against them, and despite our good record, we haven't been great.
It'll be another tough contest, the Cantabs always get up for us no matter the situation.
@African-Monkey how many of those games were were under razor with Taylor, Whitelock, Hall, Mounga etc? Straw man argument comparing to that.
It will be an epic failure if the blues lose. Just like it would've been if the canes lost.
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@African-Monkey how many of those games were were under razor with Taylor, Whitelock, Hall, Mounga etc? Straw man argument comparing to that.
It will be an epic failure if the blues lose. Just like it would've been if the canes lost.
@Bones Not buying it. They could have easily had wins over the Chiefs and Canes. They've had one shocking performance against the Tahs with a loss in Fiji which is up there with the hardest place to play in the world if not the hardest.
They have enough there to win and kick start their season.
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@Bones Not buying it. They could have easily had wins over the Chiefs and Canes. They've had one shocking performance against the Tahs with a loss in Fiji which is up there with the hardest place to play in the world if not the hardest.
They have enough there to win and kick start their season.
@African-Monkey said in Waratahs v Blues:
They could have easily had wins over the Chiefs and Canes
Nah, canes and chiefs played down to their level.
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The shame about this game? It ws the FTA game in Aus last night, and not the kind of game that will attracy eyeballs. Here in NZ we had the Chiefs/Drua which was pretty entertaining, I kind of feel for RA , if they didn't get bad luck sometimes it seems they get none at all.
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The shame about this game? It ws the FTA game in Aus last night, and not the kind of game that will attracy eyeballs. Here in NZ we had the Chiefs/Drua which was pretty entertaining, I kind of feel for RA , if they didn't get bad luck sometimes it seems they get none at all.
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Wowser, glad I got free tickets for that. Did neither team actually want to win? Also, what has happened this weekend, the standard of games has plummeted from a great start to the season.
Blues, you have Plummer and Sullivan on the field, let one of them take the goal kicks. Also, why, before anyone realised Perofeta's aim was worse than a stormtrooper's, were the Blues not taking penalty kicks?
@NTA Has whistling always been a thing at Tahs games? I thought I was in France or Italy for a while there.
Was Dalton injured? I couldn't tell live whether it was injury or straight sub. Segner looked the business when he came on, is that his best effort at this level?
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Wowser, glad I got free tickets for that. Did neither team actually want to win? Also, what has happened this weekend, the standard of games has plummeted from a great start to the season.
Blues, you have Plummer and Sullivan on the field, let one of them take the goal kicks. Also, why, before anyone realised Perofeta's aim was worse than a stormtrooper's, were the Blues not taking penalty kicks?
@NTA Has whistling always been a thing at Tahs games? I thought I was in France or Italy for a while there.
Was Dalton injured? I couldn't tell live whether it was injury or straight sub. Segner looked the business when he came on, is that his best effort at this level?
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@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
@NTA Has whistling always been a thing at Tahs games? I thought I was in France or Italy for a while there.
Dunno. Have been to like... 3 Tahs games in the last few years.
It would therefore be relatively new
@NTA said in Waratahs v Blues:
@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
@NTA Has whistling always been a thing at Tahs games? I thought I was in France or Italy for a while there.
Dunno. Have been to like... 3 Tahs games in the last few years.
It would therefore be relatively new
It was weird, they started doing it during one of Perofeta's attempts at a kick (why waste the effort when he's going to miss anyway) and then carried on for about 5 minutes after that. Was bizarre.
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Wowser, glad I got free tickets for that. Did neither team actually want to win? Also, what has happened this weekend, the standard of games has plummeted from a great start to the season.
Blues, you have Plummer and Sullivan on the field, let one of them take the goal kicks. Also, why, before anyone realised Perofeta's aim was worse than a stormtrooper's, were the Blues not taking penalty kicks?
@NTA Has whistling always been a thing at Tahs games? I thought I was in France or Italy for a while there.
Was Dalton injured? I couldn't tell live whether it was injury or straight sub. Segner looked the business when he came on, is that his best effort at this level?
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Wowser, glad I got free tickets for that. Did neither team actually want to win? Also, what has happened this weekend, the standard of games has plummeted from a great start to the season.
Blues, you have Plummer and Sullivan on the field, let one of them take the goal kicks. Also, why, before anyone realised Perofeta's aim was worse than a stormtrooper's, were the Blues not taking penalty kicks?
@NTA Has whistling always been a thing at Tahs games? I thought I was in France or Italy for a while there.
Was Dalton injured? I couldn't tell live whether it was injury or straight sub. Segner looked the business when he came on, is that his best effort at this level?
@Nepia said in Waratahs v Blues:
Was Dalton injured? I couldn't tell live whether it was injury or straight sub. Segner looked the business when he came on, is that his best effort at this level?
Looks like Dalton took a knock early in the game. Got treatment a few times.
Segner has been playing well all year, including the preseason. There's four loosies about the same level now. Segner can play all three positions, Dalton 6/7, Ioane 6/8 and Sotutu is the only specialist. So there's plenty of options to rotate and Vern has said that's what he wants to do.
Although it appears Dalton may not get rotated to the bench until Patrick returns
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that's a good game to miss most of by the sound of it. Still, winning ugly is winning right????
@nzzp said in Waratahs v Blues:
that's a good game to miss most of by the sound of it. Still, winning ugly is winning right????
And any road win is also worth gold when it comes to building team confidence
